Please note...most of the pictures that have been posted have been cropped and taken with 300mm-400mm lens to enable viewers to see the wildlife, ' up close and personal. '
January 2010 is turning out to be quite the month for spotting ORCA. It has been mostly the mammal eating killer whales that have been seen, so it seems they are out there any given day, but spotting them is all about LUCK and the keen eyes of the Skipper. That is exactly what happened January 12th. The 1pm Zodiac left the inner harbour under grey skies and exceptionally mild temperatures for this time of year. With the keen eyes of our experienced and knowledgable Skipper, Mark 'Mallard' surveying the westcoast scene, it wasn't long before we saw Bald Eagles, and Harbour Seals. We traveled south for a while on very cam water and then along the Metchosin and Sooke rugged coastline where we came across three Transient Orca. There were two big males and one female, later identified as BC Transients, T124C, T93 and T97. These are the apex hunters of the ocean. Eventually, after watching them for a while, they headed south east. We left them in ' traveling mode' while we made a quick visit to Race Rocks Ecological Reserve to view the Steller's Sea Lions. Although it started to rain on our return trip, our guests from Australia, Germany, Switzerland and Victoria were enthralled with the wildlife they had seen on their first trip with 'Prince of Whales'. It was yet another lucky wildlife adventure along BC's fabulous westcoast.
Marie, Orca-Magic.
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